After working on cleaning the Ebay Keen-Eye boudoir doll, I felt like making an art-boudoir doll of my own. So here is a work-in-progress shot; I am trying fabrics on her, to see how she does with either pink and old lace, or blue satin with red polyester lace that I have a lot of.
It's great fun to try the fabrics with the doll at this stage and see how they match with the doll's expression.
One thing I do that really helps with sculpting, is I tilt the doll head under a bright light, and see how the shadows form as I tilt the head downward. If the shadows fall evenly, I know I have an even sculpt. I will illustrate it in a future post, but basically I look at the shadows and see if they are even, at each stage while I tilt the doll head.
So with this doll I like her now, I think; just a little bit of sanding to do. Have to decide on which fabric.
Vintage-Inspired Dolls and Art Dolls by J. Ann Firth
